tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post5928562927227482961..comments2024-02-13T05:31:29.947-03:00Comments on Natively Speaking Comics: Wear outFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17092018023212046660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-58968149170985258552014-06-07T23:22:27.893-03:002014-06-07T23:22:27.893-03:00I feel worn out right now, but my desire to keep k...I feel worn out right now, but my desire to keep kicking the ass of all of these phrasal verbs, slang and idioms keeps me into gearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-8020470083320232062012-10-28T16:05:29.053-03:002012-10-28T16:05:29.053-03:00toothbrushes tend to wear out after say 3 months o...toothbrushes tend to wear out after say 3 months of use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-83194115200688956202012-01-28T17:38:37.260-03:002012-01-28T17:38:37.260-03:00You're welcome. :)
Yeah, exactly, "hand-...You're welcome. :)<br /><br />Yeah, exactly, "hand-me-up" == "hand-me-down" the other way around. I believe a lot of new words & expressions in English are made up this way, which is quite logical and straightforward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-11277766854257330422012-01-28T17:14:23.689-03:002012-01-28T17:14:23.689-03:00Haha, that's great.. first time I heard of the...Haha, that's great.. first time I heard of the expression, "Hand-me-up". It makes sense. We have the expression, "Hand-me-down" which is anything that is passed down from older to younger siblings (brothers and sisters). <br />The idea that our parents use our old stuff (technology) is funny, but true. They don't need a computer with the same processing speed etc. that we do. Thanks for the new expression Eugene!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092018023212046660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-36250840354325985202012-01-28T16:06:49.828-03:002012-01-28T16:06:49.828-03:00I couldn't agree more on the first point. Flip...I couldn't agree more on the first point. Flip-flops is a great thing, a bang for your buck, when you use them for years and they don't wear out.<br /><br />I've also heard the "hand-me-up" expression, which means a thing, usually hi-tech, that a young person passes to his/her parents when it's getting older. For instance, my folks use a hand-me-up computer that used to be mine.<br /><br />EugeneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com